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Guest:
I\'ve noticed that while my bantams are nicely rounded and fleshy in the breast, my LF of 2 varieties have very prominent keels and seem generally bonier.  I even penned one cockerel separately all last summer and fed him a more \'fatty\' diet, but he didn\'t really fill out.  anyone else have this problem?

all my birds get wormed regularly.  this problem is specific to the LF Ameraucana around here.

thank you!

Guest:

I would recomend checking what you are worming with? as the wormer I usualt use only gets round woems, so once a year we now use a broad spectrum wormer.  We had that problem one fall, no matter how much they were fed and how much corn was added, the would not put on any winter fat. finly I asked the vet, she recomended the broad spectrum wormer.  but I have also heard that in parts of the country that their is a disease they can get that also causes lesions in their intestions etc, so the don\'t properly digest, they also become very skinny and waste away.
So it is always good to check with a local vet who may be more knowlegable as the what your birds face ad problems.

Guest:
A birds genetics can determine the body shape. Your birds may be skinny because of genetics and not a health problem.

Tim

John:

--- Quote ---Your birds may be skinny because of genetics
--- End quote ---

I was going to ask what variety you have.  The reason I am trying to improve the \"type\" on LF silvers, wheatens and blue wheatens is because (at least in my opinion) these varieties are to \"skinny\".  Their type or shape of their bodies remind me of leghorns, although not to that extreme.  The blacks, blues, whites, brown reds and buffs look like they have more meat on their bones, especially in the breast area.
Some strains may vary and this many not be true of all strains of Ameraucana LF.

Guest:
these are my LF buffs and my quail EE\'s.  my one remaining LF white is not quite so bad as the others.  but they are all noticably lighter in the meat department than the bantam blues.  I wasn\'t sure if this was in all strains of buffs, or maybe just the strain I have (from Jay Horn).  

but maybe diet could help somehwat?

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